Bird Dogs
 

Oh that look when pup does it all in spades and you miss the shot - let's see some good bird dog photos!

Betty, on recent South Carolina quail hunt, backed by the plantation dogs, and young Fancy pointing pheasants during recent hunt with SXS Ohio, Kenny Graft

Milo had a Merry Christmas

Here's a shot of pup riding shotgun earlier in the year

We never could figure out why..

Why?

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the possum it could be done

really neat shots....love theveiws....charlie

Star on a cold New Hampshire winter day:corn:

The joy of a puppy
 

My reading glasses are also chewed up in the mess.

Here's what Labs do best - retrieve stuff (3 at a time)

well, you aren't going to need them now anyway

Macallan did his first damage today (he has chewed and shredded before but nothing that mattered) he got bored with his chew toy and went to work on the wood stretchers of a upholstered chair -

My boys, Jake and Willie on a training run late last summer. They are uncle and nephew.

Teaching Grace the finer points of bird dog training.



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Here's a shot of pups first legit point over a live bird at 10-1/2 weeks

Took him back about 40 yds and took the shot b/c this pup was just so natural & bold..his ears perked at the shot and he was on that bird within seconds..he was one proud pup!!

GSP Gunny, the turkey dog, after a successful bust. "Man, turkeys are fun!"
And "help, I'm sideways!"

CHARLIE "dead bird, dead bird"

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CHARLIE "I like my wings"

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CHARLIE " just chillin' "

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Dean, that's a GREAT picture:bowdown:

My little buddy Gunner

Daisy is no slouch either. It's hard to believe she is 11 this month

Jan 31, 2016, last day of the Kansas season. Nothing but wild birds.

These big plains, flyover country to many, stretch from the Texas Panhandle to the Canadian prairie provinces. You'll walk 8 to 10 miles a day following the bird dogs.

In the 1880's and 90's, trains from the east came out here and sportsmen left the club cars and Pullman sleepers and went on buckboard wagons with local farmers in search of sharptail grouse and prairie chickens.

25 years ago. Penny was the best dog I ever hunted over, period.

Another good dog, sorely missed. TAZ

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Ari..

This is Danny Suponski with his first ever ruffed grouse that was pointed at about 25 yards. There were three grouse together in a cover of old apple trees and heavy ground cover. we walked in over Grace and the birds went up. One peeled to the right, one went straight ahead and the third peeled high and left out beyond Danny. Shots were fired in all directions but Danny was the only one who connected. His bird was hit hard and went down hard but it wasn't dead. Danny and I went down the slope to where the bird went down. Suddenly a grouse flushed from about that spot and we stood there slack-jawed that his bird had taken wing after being knocked down. Oh well... that's the way it goes sometimes. We turned to walk back and join Dave and Jamie but Grace was not with us. We looked back downslope and there she was pointing where the bird had just flushed from. I called her, thinking she was picking up the scent from the departed bird but she wouldn't budge. Hmmm... we started back down to her but then she pounced on the spot and came up with Danny's first grouse... Well Done! - to both of you!!



The second picture is after she cut her rear pad on ice in the woods in January on an exercise and training mission.




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Of all the game birds I think we all remember and cherish our first Ruff, and always will... Congrats to Danny.. (and Grace)

Some great pics coming out of the woodwork - keep ‘em coming - shameless brags welcome

Homage to dogs past is nice

Speaking of cherished firsts..here’s a shot of my very first bird dog on a wild Washington covey about twenty-six years ago - just as well have been yesterday

My girlfriend took the picture

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Second picture is that same gal requesting delivery to hand from his great great nephew just a couple years ago

One more....Ziva at Grouse camp on the mend last season..

Dean didn't anyone tell you that exercise is a bad idea for both man and dog???

Scott you have some very nice GSP's....my favorite breed. I'd like to find a started dog to give Daisy some help. I will end up in the dog house when that happens:banghead:

Unfortunately I lost many pictures due to a computer problem. Here is one I salvaged of my oldest setter Trapper. He was one heck of a grouse dog with many hundreds of points to his credit. I shot birds over him in 7 states and one Canadian Provence. Sadly I lost him 2 weeks ago after 15 years of loyal friendship.

Gary I'm sorry to hear of Trapper's passing. It's the one truly downside of being owned by a dog. We have all been there at least once and some of us multiple times and we would all do it again for the love of a dog.

Dean- saw novelty napkins in a store yesterday- with a picture like your last one

the caption read "it's all fun and games until someone ends up in a cone"

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Second best day in my life with Dexter!

Second best day in my life with Dexter!

good looking pup and gun..i know the pup sure made your day..charlie

This was my first grouse...late in life.
 

We did not have grouse in my part of Ohio. We had rabbits and roosters. This was my first grouse...a big guard bird that led the dogs away from the others. A group of 8 birds only a couple yards from us. No one new they were there, when they flushed from their hid it scared us so bad no one could get a good shot off. One of my recent woodcocks from potter county PA and a Kansas wild rooster from 2011....SXS Ohio

great pictures gota be some good memories in them...charlie

A good day...
 

This was two weeks ago. I can't believe he's going to be 8. I hunted him for two hours and it was enough for him. No whole day hunting for him.

My 3 year old English Setter Willow.

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Willow is one handsome dog!!

Nice looking setter. You should have ordered at least a few black or brown spots though. All white dogs are a bugger to find in the snow even with a gps.

I think Burt Spiller was inspired by Willow long before Willow's time.



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